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First thing you should know: Quicksilver is a sequel. It has a different protagonist and shows many of the relevant events from the first novel through flashback, but you’ll still have a better grasp on what’s going on if you read the first book.

Since that’s out of the way, I really loved Quicksilver. Like, really loved Quicksilver. It has so much going for it, and it manages to avoid so many pitfalls.

I don’t want to say too much about the plot, because of spoilers for the first book, but I’ll post a sentence in the comments.

The characterization was overall excellent. Tori (or Niki, as she changes to), the protagonist, starts the book on the run from her past life, her mother helping her dye her hair in a gas station restroom. Tori is both smart and capable, with a passion for engineering. However, she’s also realistically flawed. She keeps putting up barriers and not telling people the truth, although it’s often easy to see why. She feels a desire to be “normal” and liked, and this often translates into her feeling like she has to lie.

Also, Tori/Niki is asexual. And she even uses the word! Do you know how rare this is for any book, and especially YA? Oh, and while Tori’s asexual, I don’t think she’s aromantic. There’s still sort of a romantic relationship here, it just is a lot more complex and very different than your standard YA book. If you want to know more about how Tori’s asexuality is handled, there’s an asexual blog that looked at it more in depth <a href=https://asexualagenda.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/asexuality-in-fiction-quicksilver-review/>here</a>.

Regarding the other characters, they all seemed very life like. I loved Milo in particular, and I was also impressed with the depiction of Tori’s parents. They are not perfect by any means, but they have a lot larger role than in most YA books and clearly love her. Also, Faraday from the first book appeared. He’s still a jerk, but Tori knows it.

Speaking of Faraday, I still don’t like his relationship with Allison. Way too many creep vibes there.

So, I’m not going to lie, I think you should probably read the first book, Ultraviolet, before you get into Quicksilver since it basically revolves around the fall out from the first novel. Still, if you can’t get into Ultraviolet for whatever reason, Quicksilver‘s different in a lot of ways and you may like it better.

Recommended to people looking for a rather genre defying YA novel, particularly if they like science fiction. Also very much recommended if you are looking for an asexual protagonist.

Originally posted on <a href=https://theillustratedpage.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/review-of-quicksilver-by-r-j-anderson/>The Illustrated Page.</a>


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Quicksilver R J Anderson 9781408316283 Books Reviews

<< NOTE Spoilers for ULTRAVIOLET. >>

Tori Beaugrand's life is a composite of secrets. From her intellect to her emotions to her origin, nothing is safe to reveal. To anybody. Not her friends, new or old. Not her parents. Certainly not her enemies. And for a seventeen-year-old, Tori's attracted some interesting enemies. There's the obsessed ex-cop who wants to know what really happened when she disappeared months ago. There's the curious genetics lab who got a peek at her unearthly DNA. And of course there's Mathis, to whom she is an experiment, not a person.

Tori is alone. But by now, she's used to it.

She doesn't let things faze her, not even running for her life (maybe literally), restarting in a new town, choosing a new name. Then Sebastian Faraday materializes (quite literally) in her world again with a message Tori's in danger. Again.

This book never stops moving. Not until I browsed other reviews did I realize that, like ULTRAVIOLET, the physical action takes awhile to pick up. Tension propels this book even when Tori is working at Value Foods or pushing her parents for permission to explore her engineering skills at the local "makerspace." The plot takes several unexpected turns but is always driven by credible character choices, and I love Tori for her inner insecurities and her desire to be seen for who she is even as she weaves constant lies to protect herself.

As a well-rounded secondary character, I also love Milo. That Ms. Anderson wrote him and Tori as friends, not a teen romance, and that the characters themselves acknowledge to each other the difference--I don't know that I've read a young adult novel that deals as well with the complexities of teenage sexuality and peer pressure. Tori's disdain for the phrase "just a friend" is refreshing and perfectly fits who she is as a young woman forced to pretend her way through life, desiring friendship more than she'll admit even to herself.

Then there's the return of Alison and Faraday. Wow. I love them, too, this time around (yes, even Faraday). So much is hinted at in Faraday's reactions, and I salute the author for not spelling it all out.

As for the Crazy Ending Twist ... the She's Not Really Going To--OMGOSH moment ... well, like Ultraviolet, this book is brilliant. Is it extreme? A little out there? Nudging a toe against the suspension-of-disbelief line? Absolutely. But with a tamer (dare I say more plausible?) climax, this book wouldn't measure up to its prequel.

Speaking of the prequel, these two books must be read together (I recommend in order) for full appreciation. Not only do they tie off threads left loose by the other, but their themes also blend beautifully. Both Alison and Tori reach a point of helplessness with nothing left to do or give, and in that emptiness, from that emptiness, they are saved. Redemption (though never named as such) glimmers in both books, more brightly when they are considered side by side.

As for the ending, knowing Ms. Anderson doesn't intend to continue with these characters ... sigh. There's a lot still unexplored, a lot of fallout, including that of Faraday's unforgivable choice, which happens too late in the book. Way too late, because then the story is over. And again (see my review of ULTRAVIOLET), I was not ready. Apparently, this author believes in limited closure.

Can I choose to be satisfied with that? Can I recommend these books anyway, especially to readers in search of young adult fiction that will bend genres and push boundaries and shatter formulas?

Sure thing.
First thing you should know Quicksilver is a sequel. It has a different protagonist and shows many of the relevant events from the first novel through flashback, but you’ll still have a better grasp on what’s going on if you read the first book.

Since that’s out of the way, I really loved Quicksilver. Like, really loved Quicksilver. It has so much going for it, and it manages to avoid so many pitfalls.

I don’t want to say too much about the plot, because of spoilers for the first book, but I’ll post a sentence in the comments.

The characterization was overall excellent. Tori (or Niki, as she changes to), the protagonist, starts the book on the run from her past life, her mother helping her dye her hair in a gas station restroom. Tori is both smart and capable, with a passion for engineering. However, she’s also realistically flawed. She keeps putting up barriers and not telling people the truth, although it’s often easy to see why. She feels a desire to be “normal” and liked, and this often translates into her feeling like she has to lie.

Also, Tori/Niki is asexual. And she even uses the word! Do you know how rare this is for any book, and especially YA? Oh, and while Tori’s asexual, I don’t think she’s aromantic. There’s still sort of a romantic relationship here, it just is a lot more complex and very different than your standard YA book. If you want to know more about how Tori’s asexuality is handled, there’s an asexual blog that looked at it more in depth <a href=https//asexualagenda.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/asexuality-in-fiction-quicksilver-review/>here</a>.

Regarding the other characters, they all seemed very life like. I loved Milo in particular, and I was also impressed with the depiction of Tori’s parents. They are not perfect by any means, but they have a lot larger role than in most YA books and clearly love her. Also, Faraday from the first book appeared. He’s still a jerk, but Tori knows it.

Speaking of Faraday, I still don’t like his relationship with Allison. Way too many creep vibes there.

So, I’m not going to lie, I think you should probably read the first book, Ultraviolet, before you get into Quicksilver since it basically revolves around the fall out from the first novel. Still, if you can’t get into Ultraviolet for whatever reason, Quicksilver‘s different in a lot of ways and you may like it better.

Recommended to people looking for a rather genre defying YA novel, particularly if they like science fiction. Also very much recommended if you are looking for an asexual protagonist.

Originally posted on <a href=https//theillustratedpage.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/review-of-quicksilver-by-r-j-anderson/>The Illustrated Page.</a>